Troy Hayden
Troy Hayden is a multiple Emmy award-winning journalist who anchors FOX 10 Arizona Morning. He joined FOX 10 in 1994.
In addition to anchoring his newscasts, Troy also frequently reports from the field. He became known to a national audience during the Jodi Arias murder trial, providing months of local and Fox News Channel reports, and conducting an exclusive interview with Arias just minutes after her guilty verdict that was broadcast internationally.
Work with the Phoenix Fire Department has taken him with firefighters into 1,100-degree fires. He is certified as an advanced scuba diver, and conducts operations with underwater and swift water search and rescue teams, including taking the point position on a body recovery with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Dive Team. He went more than 100 feet underground to explore the deepest drug tunnel ever found by US Border Patrol.
Military training and access have allowed Troy to take the controls of an F-16 fighter jet over the Barry Goldwater bombing range. He also spent three days out to sea on the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and dove 650 feet below the ocean's surface on the USS Ohio nuclear submarine.
He has reported live from the Democratic National Convention, the launch of the space shuttle Discovery, the World Series, and four Super Bowls.
Troy's work has been recognized with numerous professional awards, including multiple Emmy awards for both reporting and anchoring. He has been named "Anchor of the Year" by the Associated Press, "Best 10 pm Anchor" by Phoenix Magazine, "Best Live Reporter" by the Phoenix New Times, and was given the "Media Excellence" award by the Phoenix Fire Department.
The latest from Troy Hayden
Metrocenter: 'A Walk Down Memory Lane' inside once iconic north Phoenix mall
The public will be invited to a Metrocenter farewell event on May 21, where a special showing of "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" will be played on a projection screen outside of the mall.
Clarence Dixon: Arizona executes 1st death row inmate in nearly 8 years
Clarence Dixon, 66, died by lethal injection at the state prison in Florence for his murder conviction in the killing of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Deana Bowdoin.
Over a century later, few things have changed at large Northern Arizona ranch
Babbitt Ranches began when five brothers struck out from their home in Ohio, and founded a business in Arizona back in 1886. 135 years have passed since then, but the ranch still operates in much the same way it did back in the day.
Valley experiencing Suns fever as hometown team gets ready for NBA Finals
After 28 years, the Phoenix Suns will head to the NBA finals with tickets going on sale July 1.
Decades on death row: Taking a closer look at an Arizona murder case and the family the victim left behind
Deana Bowdoin was a promising ASU student, but she was raped and murdered in her own bed. And the man who did it is finally facing the ultimate punishment, but will it happen? FOX 10’s Troy Hayden reports.
Arizona man turns gaming passion into successful venture
FaZe Swagg, whose real name is Kris Lamberson, grew up playing basketball, and started his passion for gaming later in life.
Arizona Department of Corrections employees fired following excessive force investigation
Video from Lewis Prison in Buckeye shows an inmate being pinned against a wall before being thrown to the ground by an employee.
Sharpies can be used on voting ballots in Arizona, officials say
People claimed their ballots were not being counted after using Sharpies provided by voting locations in Maricopa County.
A look inside Arizona's death row
It's the ultimate punishment reserved only for the worst crimes committed in our state. In Arizona the death penalty is the law of the land, but that sentence is imposed out of sight except for a few select witnesses.